Global Poker Index: Volpe Vaults Upward, Negreanu Now Third in Top 300

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month periods as calculated by the USA Today Global Poker Index point system.

During the 2014 World Series of Poker, the GPI will be releasing new lists twice each week to reflect the increased movement thanks to the many events being played. For a look at all of the lists, visit the official GPI website. Meanwhile, here at PokerNews we’ll continue updating you each week about changes happening both to the 2014 GPI Player of the Year rankings and to the overall GPI Top 300.

2014 GPI Player of the Year

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Keven Stammen

961.23

-

2

Ole Schemion

803.21

-

3

Alex Bilokur

799.97

-

4

Jason Mercier

726.33

10

5

Mustapha Kanit

657.52

10

6

Byron Kaverman

657.46

3

7

Davidi Kitai

641.30

22

8

Dan Heimiller

635.87

3

9

Scott Seiver

632.78

-5

10

Shyam Srinivasan

627.15

-5

Keven Stammen continues to keep the top spot in the 2014 GPI Player of the Year race, having extended his lead over the last week after adding points from the two cashes he has collected thus far at the WSOP. Meanwhile Jason Mercier jumped back into the top 10 after his third-place showing in the Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, and Mustapha Kanit made a similar move after final-tabling Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em where he finished fifth.

Also worth noting is the big move made by Paul Volpe in the GPI POY race from No. 446 to No. 39 following his Event #13: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship victory plus a couple of other WSOP cashes.

GPI 300 Top 10

Rank

Player

GPI Score

Change

1

Ole Schemion

3936.16

-

2

Vanessa Selbst

3883.45

-

3

Daniel Negreanu

3824.34

7

4

Scott Seiver

3694.99

-1

5

Byron Kaverman

3425.30

-1

6

Philipp Gruissem

3370.01

-1

7

Jason Mercier

3352.17

0

8

Stephen Chidwick

3343.03

1

9

Paul Volpe

3298.23

17

10

Jonathan Duhamel

3264.09

-2

There was no change among the top two spots in the overall GPI rankings this week, with Ole Schemion and Vanessa Selbst remaining the pace-setters. However, WSOP successes over the past week did cause movement below them, with Paul Volpe making a dramatic jump up into the No. 9 spot after his strong week at the WSOP.

Dan Smith gave up his top 10 spot to Volpe, falling from No. 6 to No. 13. Daniel Negreanu also jumped up from No. 10 to No. 3 thanks in part to having finished runner-up to Volpe in that $10K 2-7 NL event.

Welcome to the GPI

Rank

Player

Total Score

145

Brock Parker

2006.44

166

Maria Ho

1925.58

196

Paul Tedeschi

1840.88

205

Nicolau Villa-Lobos

1824.56

229

Jesse Cohen

1762.84

238

Alexander Queen

1744.30

243

Taylor Paur

1734.17

248

Raj Vohra

1720.33

249

Allan Le

1719.40

258

John Racener

1693.19

260

Dylan Linde

1688.98

264

Jan Sjavik

1676.16

273

Vlatcheslav Ortynskiy

1650.53

276

Alexander Venovski

1645.71

278

Greg Mueller

1643.19

282

Jake Cody

1634.90

283

Ashton Griffin

1632.59

284

Kenny Hallaert

1628.37

288

Tony Cousineau

1621.86

295

Noah Bronstein

1600.92

298

Ryan Riess

1598.47

299

Jon Turner

1596.66

As we saw last week, there was a big influx of new names into the overall rankings this week as 22 players joined the top 300. Event #10: $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Low winner Brock Parker jumped the highest of the newcomers, coming from No. 339 all of the way to No. 145 this week.

Biggest Gains

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

196

Paul Tedeschi

1840.88

290

243

Taylor Paur

1734.17

253

260

Dylan Linde

1688.98

277

283

Ashton Griffin

1632.59

242

295

Noah Bronstein

1600.92

208

Speaking of players making big moves, Paul Tedeschi moved up nearly 300 spots from No. 486 to No. 196 this week, while Taylor Paur, Dylan Linde, and Noah Bronstein also made WSOP final tables to push them well up the rankings.

Biggest Drops

Rank

Player

Total GPI Score

Change

213

Ben Palmer

1797.87

-69

218

Timothy Reilly

1784.34

-73

287

Roberto Romanello

1625.18

-66

291

Richard Lyndaker

1615.71

-93

292

Blake Bohn

1605.27

-67

Finally, players dropping the most this week while still staying inside the GPI Top 300 included Richard Lyndaker who fell from No. 198 to No. 291 as some of his deep finishes from the 2011 WSOP fell out of the two-year period of counting. But Lyndaker has already grabbed one 11th-place finish this summer, and so may well be moving back up the rankings soon.

Fantasy Poker Manager

The Global Poker is having weekly events with its popular Fantasy Poker Manager for the 2014 WSOP, giving FPM managers opportunities to win every week.

Here’s the remaining schedule of weekly events with deadlines for entering:

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